job creation

The ultimate purpose of the present s tudy is to provide a model for ecotourism development, economic growth, and job creation. The research methodology was descriptive-inferential, and the data collection method was a researcher-made ques tionnaire. The firs t part included considering the models of ecotourism development. After inferring and confirming the research hypothesis, the second part presented the economic development model and job creation in the free margin of the northern roads between Emamzadeh Hashem and Rudbar. For proving the research hypothesis, at firs t, the factors affecting the development of ecotourism were identified and identified, which included eight topics including national identity, job creation, productivity growth, service prosperity, environmental, physical, socio-cultural, and community attitudes and awareness to determine which variable will have the mos t significant impact on the development of ecotourism. Accordingly, 384 natives and touris ts from tourism-recreational and ecotourism complexes in the s tudy area were asked. SPSS software was used for inferential measurement of data, and PLS software was used to present the s tructural model of the research. The ques tionnaire and their analysis based on the correlation coefficient and s tructural model in the firs t part showed that employment is the mos t critical factor in tourism development. The analysis results in the firs t part include the presentation of 32 factors affecting the development of ecotourism. The findings in the second section also present the 11 factors of economic development and economic growth.

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the role of sports tourism development in job creation. The study was a descriptive survey study conducted in the field. The research population consisted of professors and graduate students studying sports management, entrepreneurship, and tourism at Tehran universities. The research samples were selected through a convenience sampling approach, and finally, 190 people completed the questionnaires. The instrument used in this research was adopted from library studies and literature reviews as well as interviews with five experts. This questionnaire has 10 items for the tourism development component, three items for the direct job creation component, and three items for the indirect job creation component. The face and content validity of the final questionnaire was confirmed by eight professors of sports management, entrepreneurship, and tourism. Convergent and divergent validity and composite reliability were checked and confirmed by the PLS software. Findings indicated that sports tourism had a positive and significant effect on direct job creation and all its dimensions; additionally, sports tourism had a positive and significant effect on indirect job creation and all its dimensions. The study results demonstrate that the development of sports tourism in Iran provides a basis for increasing direct and indirect job creation and permanent, seasonal, and part-time employment.